Category Archives: Prisons and Justice and Police

Cartoon: Honest Miranda Warnings

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Ampersand

The U.S. justice system is completely awful, and most Americans have no idea. And it’s not just the cops. Our entire justice system is unfairly skewed in a myriad of ways, and it feels like there’s always some new terrible … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police | 6 Comments

Cartoon: Fiction or Qualified Immunity?

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons blah blah blah you know the drill. Support my Patreon! Qualified immunity is even more ridiculous than what’s in this comic strip. Chad Reese and Patrick Jaicomo succinctly explained “qualified immunity” in the Washington Post: … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Prisons and Justice and Police, Supreme Court Issues | 22 Comments

No, Sexism By Police Is Not A Solved Problem

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Ampersand

In response to someone claiming her reports of harassment have been cavalierly dismissed by police, tumblr user Brazenautomaton wrote: Crimes with female victims are more likely to be investigated, prosecuted, and result in conviction. Period. Across the board. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisons and Justice and Police, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 18 Comments

“The List” – People on the “sexual offenders” list for acts committed when they were children

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Ampersand

DuBac is on the sexual offenders list for something she did at age ten. One morning during her junior year, DuBuc returned to her room from psychology class to find a yellow Post-it on her door: “We know you’re a … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisons and Justice and Police, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 4 Comments

Now This Is a Hotel Manager Who Should Definitely Be Fired

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Ampersand

911 Audio: Hotel Manager Reports Guest For Being Transgender – BuzzFeed News Meagan Taylor and her best friend, who are both transgender women, were traveling through Iowa on July 13 to a funeral for her best friend’s brother when they … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisons and Justice and Police, Race, racism and related issues, Sex work, porn, etc, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 9 Comments

Cartoon: Police Shootings, or Oh The Tragedy!

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Ampersand

Transcript of cartoon Each panel of this cartoon shows the same white dude in an armchair, from the same angle, watching the news on TV. Small details change throughout the cartoon – his hairline recedes, his drink changes, he switches … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police, Race, racism and related issues | 46 Comments

Robert’s New Book, About Avoiding Prison, Is Available On Amazon

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Robert

A message from Robert Hayes: Dear Alas friends – After almost a year of incarceration, I have finished my book on why getting incarcerated is a Poor Life Strategy ™ and how to avoid making the mistakes I made. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Behind Bars, Prisons and Justice and Police | 7 Comments

Police Racism Isn’t Disproven By Black Cops

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Ampersand

In the National Review/Oberlin thread, RonF wrote: ((In comments, Ron objected that I was responding to an argument he hadn’t actually made, hence the cross-out.)) The anti-racist-policing movement hasn’t had much to say in Freddie Gray’s case given that of … Continue reading →

Posted in police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police, Race, racism and related issues | 17 Comments

Baltimore

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Ampersand

I really don’t have anything to say. But I can quote. Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Nonviolence as Compliance“: Now, tonight, I turn on the news and I see politicians calling for young people in Baltimore to remain peaceful and “nonviolent.” These well-intended … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police, Race, racism and related issues | 158 Comments

A letter from Robert. Which I received yesterday. Yesterday. I’m just sayin’.

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Ampersand

(Or was it three days ago? Whatever. As usual, I’ll wait a few days, and then I’ll forward comments from this thread to Robert. Anyhow:) March 23, 2015 Dear Barry: Heyo. Thought I’d drop you a line using my spiffy … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Behind Bars, Prisons and Justice and Police | 10 Comments